The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-29
A GEORGIAN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
He Talks About the Impoverished
Farms and the Movement of the
Young People to More Promising

He Talks About the impoverished
Farms and the Movement of the
Young People to More Promising
Fields.
CHESTERFIELD, N. H., June PA Geor-
gian among the mountains of this old
Granite State is truly rdra ouis but my
experience is he will be fortunate one and
not regret the coming, particularly at this
season of the year, before the hotels are
filed to overlooking by the city folks. More
hospItahle people I've never met-genial
gentlemen, sprightly and pretty ladies
make the hours pass agreeably-and the
magnificent clover and timothy pastures
well stocked with mild-eyed Jerseys, trim
looking Devons and rompiug lambs, and
all under the supervision Of the thrifty
farmer guarantees TO tie inner man the best
OF meats, butter and milk, and all this,
with a temperature of about 70', make
this season of the year very agreeable.
This place is prettily situated among the
high hills, eight miles ride from New York
city, and about ten miles east of the cele-
brated Connecticut valley, that divides this
State from Vermont. 1t is patronized prin-
clpally by Boston and New York people,
who, during the warm months, seek quiet
and recreation among these beautiful hills.
The farming interest of New Hampshire is
farming State, the soil was rich and pro-
ductive, and large crops could be raised;
but now the soil is impoverished and most
OF the owners too poor to go into revitaliz-
ing it to any great extent. Grass fed to
cattle has been the farmers principal means
of support, but the West now sends beef
already dressed into the various cities
cheaper than the New England farmer can
raise it, Tumbled down barns, neglected
fences and deserted houses are seen at every
turn The result is that the farms are be-
ing fast deserted by the young men and
women, who either go West or crowd into
the manufacturing towns
In short time New Hampshire will be
almost exclusively manufacturing State,
and having no forests or seaports, that is
about all the inhabitants have to look for
ward to. And is the prospect bright!
Heretofore New England has almost monop-
olized the manufacturing of all domestic
articles, as cutlery, crockery, furniture,
harness, ETC., and always found easy mar
ket for the same in the South and West, but
things are changing now; factories of like
character are now springing up in all parts
of the South and West, and vet New Hamp-
shire must look to these identical markets
for the disposition of her products, knowing
full well that freights of from
1000 to 5000 miles is in favor of
the South and West. The railroads there
are going to play very important part in
the future of this State. No wonder ire
mendous efforts are now being made
throughout the State to have such laws
passed as will keep the railroads out of the
hands of the great outside capitalists, for to
these roads the State must look for her fl-
ture welfare
Young America has become too numer-
Gus for the small firms of New Hampshire,
but happy and cheerful homes for the
economical and industrious can and will be
found nesting at the foot of these big hills,
even though the valleys are but a few
acres in extent. T.